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All posts tagged "foster youth"
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5.6KGuest Opinion EssayHow to Prepare Foster Care Adolescents for Post-Secondary Education
Access to post-secondary education is a common goal for many adolescents. Appropriate assistance from a knowledgeable adult is critical for successful navigation...
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4.8KGuest Opinion EssayThese Tools Help Coach College Youth Aged Out of Foster Care to Develop Relationships
What does it take to engage students who age out of foster care into supportive relationships on the college campus? It helps...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayFoster Youth: Campus, Community Interventions Hold Great Potential to Impact Their College Graduation Rates
With growing awareness of the challenges young people with experience in foster care face in accessing and completing college, it is more...
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1.9KGrantsDisadvantaged Youth Development Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Foster Youth, Juvenile Justice | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: May 17, 2019 (LOI)
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3.4KGuest Opinion EssayWe Can Close Poor Students’ Gap With Better Trauma-informed Education
The New York Foundling has been protecting children and strengthening families for nearly 150 years and is now one of oldest and...
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2.7KGuest Opinion EssayGraham SLAM Coaching Helps Older Youth in Care Launch Successfully
Young people in the child welfare system, most of whom have experienced trauma and frequent loss, have all the same capabilities as...
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7.9KFrom the BureausHow Homelessness Crisis in LA Affects Aged-out Foster Youth
Doniesha Thomas is in her bedroom, crouching on the floor and peering into a pet carrier that appears empty. “He’s in there,...
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4.4KFrom the BureausNew Los Angeles Center Will Be For Transition-age Foster Youth
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic is opening a new facility to expand their efforts to support transition-age foster...
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6.0KGuest Opinion EssayThe Department of Child and Family Services Mostly Failed Me, But Still I Persist
I was in the Department of Child and Family Services foster care system for nine years of my life. It was my...
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5.8KFrom the BureausLos Angeles’ Vast Child Welfare System Has a Lot to Teach Rest of Nation
You can only find the entrance to the RightWay Foundation if you’re really looking for it. Hidden deep within the parking structure...
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6.1KGuest Opinion EssayThe Arts, Especially Theater, Can Be Savior for Foster Youth
Extracurricular activities and a social life may seem commonplace to most youth growing up in the United States. However, it is common...
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6.5KGuest Opinion EssayMichigan Can Do Better Helping Foster Youth When They Age Out
Michigan is considered to have one of the better foster care systems in the country. One of its major differences is when...
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4.3K► ReportsThe Economic Well-Being of Youth Transitioning From Foster Care
The Annie E. Casey Foundation describes the education and employment barriers many foster youth face when leaving foster care and makes recommendations...
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16.5KMagazinesFoster Care: Realities, Transitions and Hope
Personal stories from foster parents, foster children and their counselors. Explore our digital magazine with news stories, personal essays from youth and...
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Grants
National Foster Youth Adoption Service and Care Program Grants
Subject: Youth Welfare, Foster Youth, Adoption | Deadline: June 16, 2017
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3.1KNewsLonger Window for Disability Application Aims to Help Foster Youth
Foster youth who have disabilities now can apply for a federal supplemental income program six months before they leave care, a move...
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Guest Opinion Essay
What Does Trauma-informed Mean to Foster Youth?
For three decades, I have listened in awe to the brave voices of children, youth and families who have shared, in anguish,...
